The history of swooping

Written by Jakob Jelling

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Of course, after a while even most exciting sport gets a little bit boring. Swooping is just another way for people to make skydiving more interesting - it's more of an evolution in skydiving techniques than it is its own sport. Even so, there are a lot of people for whom swooping is sport of choice.

It is not really known when swooping first started, though it definitely began during past 20 years. It was a mixture of people looking for a new type of skydiving, as well as result of new, high performance parachutes. These parachutes allow so much control that a lot of people are able to make sudden turns right before they land. Once it was discovered that this was possible, a new sport began. Swooping is currently gaining in popularity, and there is now a large and growing following for this sport all over world.

Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.swooping.net. Visit his website for the latest on this new and extreme way to skydive.

Where can you go swooping?

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Another good way to find a place to go swooping is to look for instructors in your area first. This is especially case if you have no swooping experience - you're not going to want to go swooping without instruction. There are just too many different techniques that you need to learn first.

Also, most of instructors are at drop zones that make it easier for you to learn how to swoop.

The other thing that you should consider if you are already experienced at swooping is that some of swooping locations are more fun than others. For instance, if you're already used to doing regular swoops, you might want to try something a little bit different, and look for a drop zone that is over a lake or other body of water.

Finally, if you're very good at swooping, there are swooping competitions held all over world, some of which allow amateurs to sign up and compete. If you decide to compete in a swooping competition, good luck!

Jakob Jelling is the founder of http://www.swooping.net. Visit his website for the latest on this new and extreme way to skydive.